Dr. Gabriel A. Benavidez describes a simple, data-driven framework to identify rural US counties with the greatest burden of public health need to support targeted resource allocation and planning.
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San Diego County’s health department shows how investing in long-term solutions to chronic disease can have major impact.
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About 129 million (or 40%) of Americans live with at least one chronic disease – such as heart disease and hypertension, cancer, diabetes, or asthma; local health departments provide important community-level solutions to prevent chronic disease.
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Rhode Island expanded the roles of certified community health workers (CCHWs) in cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus management to determine if patient health behaviors and clinical outcomes improved with support from specialty trained CCHWs.
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This article presents practical guidance for implementing a data-sharing governance framework of value to public health and healthcare organizations based on the experience of the Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS).
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State and Island health agencies can learn from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ journey to restructure its Non-Communicable Disease Bureau to promote local ownership and facilitate braided and layered funding strategies.
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The Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS) presents a scalable model for implementing national chronic disease surveillance leveraging electronic health record (EHR) data on broadly distributed large populations in a timely, automated, and sustainable manner.
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Health departments help address social determinants of health by providing critical support to multisector community partnerships, including funding, technical assistance, and connecting organizations with shared missions.
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As we recover from an unprecedented pandemic, we have an opportunity to leverage recent investments in the US public health system to address social determinants of health, and practice-based evidence is needed to inform and strengthen future community-driven interventions.
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We used NACCHO’s Forces of Change 2020 survey, which focused on LHD practices and infrastructure in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic response, to analyze the impact the pandemic had on screening for cardiovascular disease.
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